Enrolled HB 99: Relating to the membership of the Alaska Minerals Commission; and extending the termination date of the Alaska Minerals Commission.
00Enrolled HB 99 01 Relating to the membership of the Alaska Minerals Commission; and extending the 02 termination date of the Alaska Minerals Commission. 03 _______________ 04 * Section 1. AS 44.33.431 is amended by adding new subsections to read: 05 (e) Members of the commission are appointed for staggered terms of three 06 years. Except as provided in AS 39.05.080(4), a member of the commission serves 07 until a successor is appointed. Except as provided in AS 39.05.080(4), an appointment 08 to fill a vacancy on the commission is for the remainder of the unexpired term. A 09 member who has served all or part of two successive terms on the commission may 10 not be reappointed to the commission unless three years have elapsed since the person 11 has last served on the commission. 12 (f) The commission shall elect two of its members to serve as chair and vice- 13 chair. When a vacancy occurs in the office of chair or vice-chair, the commission shall 14 elect one of its members to serve the remaining term as chair or vice-chair. The term
01 as chair or vice-chair is three years. The chair and vice-chair may be elected to not 02 more than two successive terms as chair or vice-chair. After three years of not serving 03 as chair or vice-chair, the member is eligible for election as chair or vice-chair again. 04 * Sec. 2. Section 1, ch. 12, SLA 1998, as amended by sec. 1, ch. 17, SLA 2003, is amended 05 to read: 06 Section 1. AS 44.33.431 is repealed February 1, 2024 [2014]. 07 * Sec. 3. The uncodified law of the State of Alaska is amended by adding a new section to 08 read: 09 TRANSITION; INITIAL APPOINTMENTS AND TERMS. (a) The term of office of 10 a person holding a position on the Alaska Minerals Commission expires January 31, 2014. A 11 person whose term expires on January 31, 2014, is eligible for reappointment under 12 AS 44.33.431(b) to a term beginning February 1, 2014. 13 (b) Notwithstanding AS 44.33.431(e), enacted by sec. 1 of this Act, a member of the 14 Alaska Minerals Commission whose term expires on January 31, 2014, and who is 15 reappointed under (a) of this section may serve two successive terms on the Alaska Minerals 16 Commission. 17 (c) Notwithstanding AS 44.33.431(e), enacted by sec. 1 of this Act, the terms of the 18 members of the Alaska Minerals Commission whose terms begin on February 1, 2014, are as 19 follows: 20 (1) for members appointed by the governor, 21 (A) two members shall be appointed for three-year terms; 22 (B) two members shall be appointed for two-year terms; 23 (C) one member shall be appointed for a one-year term; 24 (2) for members appointed by the president of the senate, 25 (A) one member shall be appointed for a three-year term; 26 (B) one member shall be appointed for a two-year term; and 27 (C) one member shall be appointed for a one-year term; 28 (3) for members appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives, 29 (A) one member shall be appointed for a three-year term; 30 (B) one member shall be appointed for a two-year term; and 31 (C) one member shall be appointed for a one-year term.